India, March 5 -- Next week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider the Chip Security Act (S.1705/H.R.3447), which would require companies to track exported AI chips.

While there are valid commercial reasons for companies to pursue location verification, a government chip tracking mandate would create the impression of deepening U.S. government control over the American AI stack, fueling questions about the security, reliability, and privacy of U.S. technology, and pushing the very countries that should be core customers of U.S. providers toward alternatives.

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